RUGBY: Johnny O'Connor has been named on the replacement bench for Connacht's Magners League game against the Cardiff Blues at the Sportsground tomorrow night.
O'Connor returned after a long layoff and impressed in last week’s ‘A’ match against Ulster in Mullingar. Conor Muldoon is also named on the bench in place of the injured Adrian Flavin.
Michael Bradley’s side show two changes with Troy Nathan to start at fullback and Gavin Duffy reverting to inside centre for the injured Niva Ta'auso. David Gannon comes into the backrow for Colm Rigney, who picked up a knee injury against the Ospreys two weeks ago.
Kick-off tomorrow is 6.30pm.
Connacht team:
T Nathan; L Bibo, G Duffy, K Matthews, F Carr; I Keatley, F Murphy; B Wilkinson, S Cronin, R Morris; A Browne, A Farley; D Gannon, R Ofisa, J Muldoon (C). Replacements: C Muldoon, R Loughney, M Swift, J O'Connor, C O'Loughlin, A Dunne, M Deane.
